title: Isolation of a carborane-fused triazole radical anion.
abstract: Outside the cage: A change in the redox properties of a triazole fused to a carborane anion through methylation to form a zwitterion enabled facile chemical reduction of the compound to an isolable triazole radical anion (see structure: C gray, H white, N blue, B brown, Cl green). The radical anion is stabilized by kinetic protection by the chlorinated carborane and the delocalization of spin density throughout the exo-cluster π system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 (USA).
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asay
authors.forename: Christos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kefalidis
authors.forename: Jess
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Curtis E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Arnold L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rheingold
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maron
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lavallo
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry*; D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D014230:Triazoles; D001895:Boron
keywords: boron; carboranes; clusters; radical anions; triazoles